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Table 1 Description of the intervention groups within the two replicates of the OPEM Trial

From: Looking inside the black box: a theory-based process evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial of printed educational materials (the Ontario printed educational message, OPEM) to improve referral and prescribing practices in primary care in Ontario, Canada

REPLICATE 2: Retinal screening for patients with diabetes

  

Insert

No insert

OUTSERT

Patient Reminder Note

1. Insert & Outsert & Patient Reminder

2. Outsert & Patient Reminder Note

 

No Patient Reminder Note

3. Insert & Outsert

4. Outsert only

NO OUTSERT

 

5. Insert Only

6. No PEM

REPLICATE 3: Diuretics for first-line treatment of hypertension

  

Insert

No insert

OUTSERT

Theory-based Outsert

1. Insert & Theory-based Outsert

2. Theory-based Outsert Only

 

Non-theory-based outsert

3. Insert & Non-theory-based Outsert

4. Non-theory-based Outsert only

NO OUTSERT

 

5. Insert Only

6. No PEM